"After 30 years in sports media, the most valuable lesson I've learned is also the simplest. The audience falls in love with people. The business falls in love with numbers, and the numbers always win."
"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."
“I am not a fan of turning to Gray to help determine the future of the Raiders at all, but I don’t think the idea of using the advice of a prominent, long-tenured member of the media is entirely absurd.”
"I worked in college football and I worked in the NFL, and the reality is you talk about it in those buildings like a fan would talk. 'Is this player better than the other player?' 'This coach sucks.' I mean, you have the same conversations."
"The real challenge isn't adding great content. It's convincing consumers to change habits they've spent years developing. Netflix is learning in real time that paying for exclusive access to content people already enjoy elsewhere doesn't automatically persuade them to open their wallets. SiriusXM now faces a similar test."